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About Cisco Press

Cisco Press is a publishing alliance between Cisco Systems® (NASDAQ: CSCO) and the Pearson Education division of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO). Established in 1996, Cisco Press has published more than 400 technology titles and distributed more than 3 million products to support Cisco networking professionals and students.

Cisco Press is the Cisco Systems authorized book publisher of Cisco networking technology, Cisco certification self-study, and Cisco Networking Academy Program materials. Leading authorities from Cisco Systems and other industry innovators write and contribute to the various titles and series that make up the Cisco Press product family. Products from Cisco Press are part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that combines instructor-led training with hands-on instruction, e-learning, and self-study.

From basics such as IP and routing fundamentals to advanced network design and architecture, or from task-specific areas such as configuring a Cisco network to goal-specific areas like CCIE certification preparation, these books cover a wide range of networking and Cisco certification topics for all user levels.

Cisco Press has also partnered with Cisco Systems to develop special products for the Cisco Networking Academy Program. These books and software products are developed to enhance the online and instructor-led curriculum of the Networking Academies. This program is teaching students in more than 160 countries the foundations of building and maintaining Cisco networks.

About Pearson Education

Pearson Education is the world's largest educational publisher. Pearson Education is the global education publishing business of Pearson plc, the international media group.

A division of Pearson Education, Pearson Technology Group represents the publishing industry's leading imprints for authoritative and cutting edge technical and professional information. PTG publishes more than 1,000 computer and technology titles per year and includes the publishing imprints of Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Peachpit Press, Pearson IT Certification, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, and Sams. Pearson Technology Group has corporate publishing alliances with Cisco Systems, Adobe Systems, and IBM.

About Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco's Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of the Internet and most corporate, education, and government networks around the world.

Cisco creates leading products and key technologies to make the Internet more useful and dynamic. These technologies include: advanced routing and switching, voice and video over IP, optical networking, wireless, storage networking, security, broadband, and content networking.